| Natán Rivera | |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1998 |
| Birth Place: | El Salvador |
| Country: |  |
| Height: | 1.75 m[1] |
| Weight: | 66 kg |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Pole vault |
| Coach: | David Butler[2] |
| Education: | Rice University[3] |
| Collegeteam: | Rice Owls |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Updated: | 29 August 2015 |
Natán Armando Rivera Alas (born 12 December 1998) is a Salvadoran athlete specialising in the pole vault.
Still a youth athlete, he won the gold medal at the 2015 NACAC Championships although in rather unusual circumstances. His rivals having much better personal bests than Rivera, who managed to jump 4.70 meters, entered the competition much higher but none of them actually cleared the bar. This left him as the sole athlete to record a valid jump and the gold medalist. This victory earned him a spot at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where, however, the opening height of 5.25 metres, way above his then PB of 4.70 metres, proved too much for him.
His current personal bests in the event are 5.35 meters outdoors (Austin, TX 2019) and 5.20 metres indoors (Houston, TX 2019). Both are national records.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pan American Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4.56 m |
| Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4.55 m | |
| NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4.70 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | – | NM | ||
| 2016 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 4.70 m | |
| NACAC U23 Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 4th | 4.70 m | ||
| 2017 | Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5.10 m |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 4th | 5.10 m | |
| 2019 | NACAC U23 Championships | Querétaro City, Mexico | 3rd | 4.90 m | |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | – | NM | ||